Hello dear friends! Up until today we did NOT have any rain...4 gorgeous sunny days! With the sun out, and my back's intense pain subsided, I've been working non-stop in the garden. At the end of each day, after a long hot shower, I found myself crawling in to bed with aching muscles I never […]

Hello friends, I hope all of you had a wonderful weekend! Its been pouring rain in IL for the last 4 days. With so much rain I'm worried some of the garden plants will die from drowning! The ground is saturated and plants are not able to breath. Plants can drown just like us, they […]

Hello all, thanks so much for being here visiting! Yesterday and today it's been sunny and beautiful in IL. I've wanted to be outside working in the garden but my back has other ideas! It's has gotten better since I read an article that offered some great tips. I've had the heating pad on it […]

I've never considered myself a lucky person! I've accepted that fact over the years and try and just go with it. It seems to me that if something is not going to go right, it will happen to me -; Now I rarely do posts that are what I consider to be "whining". We all […]

Through thrifting I've unknowingly started many collections. What's the saying, it only takes two to make a collection? I've certainly got that covered! Last month my milk glass collection was shared with you, and today I'm sharing my vintage animal planter collection.

The week before last I was typing away on my computer when I knocked over a full 32oz glass of ice tea on my laptop keyboard. This event is when my computer saga began...I think this might explain how I felt...

Yesterday was such a beautiful, sunny day. Most of the day was spend in my greenhouse. I've had the greenhouse for about eight years, and haven't used it the last two? My decision to buy it was an easy one, I love gardening/propagation and it saves me money. The initial investment

Milk glass started appealing to me a few years back... and seems to be growing lately. I love it...but do I really need another obsession? Last summer is when it really "got" a hold of me . I was at vintage yard sale and she had several pieces that I haven't run across while thrifting. […]

In late January I shared the many reasons why I like winter. Even when it's frigid outside, like it is now, I still love winter. Frigid weather provides me time to do "winter crafts", i.e. knitting, organizer, cooking comfort foods, winter cozy cabins, planning spring/summer projects and just plain

The 1929 Charmer Cottage is for all who love cosy cottage living and gardening on a thrift store budget. HI, I'm Cathy, a retired personal chef who enjoys small home living and a simpler life style. I'm an old soul at heart who enjoys the passions of cooking, entertaining, gardening, crafting, rec-cycling and cottage style decor.

Simply addicted to thrift store treasure others no longer love! Our cottage home is decorated with old treasures holding the two C's I look for: charm and character.

Remember, a cottage home can be achieved using imagination, creativity and thrift store treasures on a limited budget!

"A cottage small and quaint as it sits all alone, the sun sets just overhead giving all the comforts of home.

Ivy grows upon its walls. Warmth and laughter linger behind its door pale linen curtains white and shear, A cottage invites those who visit from far and near.

Cottages have a special magic that comes from their country appeal, A cottage holds this treasure of cottage secrets never revealed".

Shelley Costello

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In the sunny cottage garden The hollyhocks thrive Pleasing to the eye And loved by the butterflies Hollyhocks are the eatery For larvae to thrive Perpetuating the Painted Lady Also pleasing to the eye

Paul Curtis

"The real things haven't changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have, to be happy with simple pleasures, and have courage when things go wrong." Laura Ingalls Wilder

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